DEPOSIT (and balance)

CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT

 TO
The AJJF

SOMETIMES SILLY BUT ALWAYS

SAFELY SERVING SMALLER, SUMMER SAMURAI
                                 IN THE SISKYOU'S SCOTT RIVER VALLEY

DETAILS

WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE COMBINED WITH SUMMER CAMP FUN IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS, NEAR THE OREGON BORDER.
FEW CAMPS CAN COMPARE!
 
YOUTH CAMP KODENKAN CONTINUES ITS TRADITION OF DANZAN RYU JUJITSU AND INSTRUCTION IN OTHER MARTIAL ARTS SUCH AS ARNIS (aka KALI or PHILLIPINO STICK FIGHTING), JUDO & KARATE, WHILE ALLOWING CAMPERS TO ENJOY THE EXPECTED ARTS AND CRAFTS, SWIMMING, CANOEING, BAR-B-Q, CAMPFIRE SKITS & GAMES IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS THAT THE WESTERN STATES HAVE TO OFFER.


CAMPERS CAN EXPECT TO HAVE FUN WHILE THEY GAIN SELF CONFIDENCE, SELF CONTROL, SELF AWARENESS AND BECOME PART OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF CAMPERS WHO HAVE ENJOYED THE HOSPITALITY OF PROFESSOR TOM BALL AND HIS WIFE JAN, SINCE 1975.
OUR CAMP IS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH BEARS REPEATING
and so WE ARE !
                                       For OUR 20th YEAR.


PROFESSOR TOM BALL
HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR AT OTHER MARTIAL CAMPS AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS HIS HOME BASE IN FORT JONES, CA.
 PROF. BALL (Kudan, 9th DEGREE BLACK BELT) IS THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKING MEMBER OF THE AJJF, ACTIVE IN THE MANY OFFICES AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

HE AND HIS WIFE JAN BALL (also an AJJF-NIDAN) HAVE BOTH BEEN TEACHERS IN CALIFORNIA NEARLY THIRTY YEARS EACH.
JAN (a.k.a "Mom") HAS BEEN camp's
CO-OWNER/DIRECTOR/INSTRUCTOR WHILE KEEPING THE SIS-Q RANCH (AND THEIR THREE SONS) RUNNING. THE BALL FAMILY HAVE BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO OPEN THEIR PROPERTY TO THE AJJF CAMP FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT BEFORE EACH OF THEIR SONS BECAME OLD ENOUGH TO LEAVE FOR COLLEGE, THEY MET AND TRAINED WITH THOUSANDS OF MARTIAL ARTISTS.

OUR CAMP STRIVES TO KEEP OUR RECORD OF SAFETY AND AN EXCELLENCE OF SERVICE,
BY AIMING FOR A _LOW CAMPER TO INSTRUCTOR RATIO.
 
OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE AJJF BLACK BELTS WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN'S CAMPS AND INSTRUCTION. OUR COUNSELORS ARE (at minimum) SENIOR RANK STUDENT
APPROVED BY THEIR SENSEI TO ASSIST IN CAMP ACTIVITIES AND SUPERVISION OF THE CAMPERS.
 
AGAIN THIS YEAR ONE OF the oldest "CAMP RATS" (those who come so regularly that they HAVE THEIR OWN BED, OR CALL JAN "MOM") WILL RETURN AS CAMP DIRECTOR:
SENSEI JESS GREEN,(AJJF SANDAN).
JESS WILL BE COORDINATING THE LIST OF INSTRUCTORS AND COUNSELORS, AS WELL AS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH SIS-Q-RANCH TO HAVE A GREAT CAMP.

JESS GREEN HAS BEEN PRACTICING DANZAN RYU JUJITSU SINCE 1971 AND SHARING AS AN INSTRUCTOR SINCE 1981 AT AJJF CONVENTIONS AND CAMPS. HE HOLDS A TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND PRACTICES MASSAGE PART TIME IN HIS HOME TOWN OF CALISTOGA. 

THE CAMP IS OPEN TO
- AJJF MEMBERS & STUDENTS

OF ANY RANK (AGES 8-17) WHO HAVE

NO LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS

EXPERIENCE IN DAN ZAN RYU JUJITSU.

ROLLS AND FALLS SKILLS ARE A PREREQUISITE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT AND ASSURE THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJORITY OF CLASSES.

TRAINING TAKES PLACE EACH MORNING UNTIL LUNCH, WITH 45 MINUTE SESSIONS AND AMPLE REST TIME BETWEEN. EACH CAMPER IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND A CLASS EACH PERIOD.
THE AFTERNOON IS GENERALLY SCHEDULED FOR MORE PASSIVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS KANJI (JAPANESE BRUSH WRITING), CRAFTS, CANOE, ARCHERY, NATURE WALKS, etc.UNTIL LUNCH SETTLES.
 
AFTERWARDS, SWIMMING IS USUALLY A MUST-DO.
ALL CAMPERS ARE SKILL TESTED THEN PAIRED WITH A BUDDY OF SIMILAR CALIBER, SO THEY CAN DIVE, SWIM, FLOAT, SWING OR SUN KNOWING THEIR BUDDY IS LESS THAN 10 SECONDS AWAY WHEN THE WHISTLE IS BLOWN. NOBODY WANTS TO DO BUDDY LAPS AND SIT OUT UNTIL THE NEXT BUDDY CHECK!

THIS YEAR RESERVATIONS FOR A CAMP SLOT WILL BE LIMITED TO 45 CAMPERS, AND THE DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION WILL BE JUNE 6TH. THE DEPOSIT OF $50 HOLDS A BUNK AT CAMP AND A TEE SHIRT ORDER. THE BALANCE is DUE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF CAMP, AND